If one of these nights you have some spare time to spend at home and you feel like doing nothing but watch TV, you should definitely rent the DVD of the British version of “The Office”. This is among the top funny TV series I’ve seen in my life! The series was made in England for BBC in the form of a documentary (though is a work of fiction). It is set in a typical office, the most plain and boring working place you can imagine, in the most insignificant and depressing little town we can think could exist in England, namely Slough. This doesn’t sound so funny, and I admit the first time I saw the first episode I was thinking the show being even kind of painful! Someone could state that the mediocrity it depicts and the British humour end up making it almost depressing but if you give it a chance and get into the jokes, you realize how funny the characters and the dialogs are…Hilarious!
David Brent is the boss. He is the worst! He thinks he is the funniest guy in the world but his jokes are terribly bad! He thinks he is doing his job in the best way but he’s just hopeless and really self-conscious! The everyday interaction of the employers-actors in the office creates very realistically funny sketches like the fights for the stapler between Gareth and Tim or the uncomfortable meetings of the all staff meant to improve the company’s outcomes.
The Office is built in a very sophisticated way as sophisticated its character and the script are, you can watch the same episodes over and over again finding new nuances every time that make you laugh and reflect about life and the importance of escaping mediocrity as much as possible!
David Brent is the boss. He is the worst! He thinks he is the funniest guy in the world but his jokes are terribly bad! He thinks he is doing his job in the best way but he’s just hopeless and really self-conscious! The everyday interaction of the employers-actors in the office creates very realistically funny sketches like the fights for the stapler between Gareth and Tim or the uncomfortable meetings of the all staff meant to improve the company’s outcomes.
The Office is built in a very sophisticated way as sophisticated its character and the script are, you can watch the same episodes over and over again finding new nuances every time that make you laugh and reflect about life and the importance of escaping mediocrity as much as possible!
1 comment:
The city name, Slough is funny name, but it's a depressed industrial city in U.K.,and a suburb of London. The British version of " the Office" I've never watched. I can try watching on DVD if I find.
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